Proverbs 14:16
The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
In Context
15The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.
17Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Cross References
Genesis 42:18And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, 'This do and live; God I fear!
1 Kings 19:2and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, 'Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'
1 Kings 20:18And he saith, 'If for peace they have come out — catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out — alive catch them.'
Job 1:1A man there hath been in the land of Uz — Job his name — and that man hath been perfect and upright — both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
Job 31:21If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,
Psalms 119:120Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:16
15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. Note, 1. It is folly to be credulous, to heed every flying report, to give ear to every man's story, though ever so improbable, to take things upon trust from common fame, to depend upon every man's profession of friendship and give credit to every one that will promise payment; those are simple who thus believe every word, forgetting that all men, in some sense, are liars in comparison with God, all whose words we are to believe… Read the whole commentary →